{"id":90936,"date":"2025-08-19T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=90936"},"modified":"2025-08-19T01:29:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T01:29:01","slug":"report-cowboys-coach-gets-real-about-4-2-million-qb-following-second-straight-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=90936","title":{"rendered":"Report!! Cowboys Coach Gets Real About $4.2 Million QB Following Second Straight Defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"has-video wp-caption \">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brian-Schottenheimer-Joe-Milton-comments.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brian-Schottenheimer-Joe-Milton-comments.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brian-Schottenheimer-Joe-Milton-comments.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Brian-Schottenheimer-Joe-Milton-comments.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Brian Schottenheimer\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"57329\" data-img-load-time=\"57463\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>An NFL team has to know things aren\u2019t going great when their starting quarterback receives a grade of \u201cD\u201d for his performance in his second preseason game \u2014 and the grade comes from the quarterback himself. But that is exactly what happened to\u00a0the Dallas Cowboys and aspiring back-up\u00a0quarterback\u00a0Joe Milton III\u00a0on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Cowboys\u00a0acquired the 25-year-old, 2024 sixth-round\u00a0draft pick from the New England Patriots in April, after backup quarterback Cooper Rush departed to sign a two-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<h2>Second Straight Shaky Preseason Start for Milton<\/h2>\n<p>The idea was for Milton to compete with journeyman practice squad QB Will Grier for the No. 2 quarterback spot behind\u00a0three-time Pro Bowl QB\u00a0Dak Prescott. And the second-year signal caller, with three years to go on\u00a0his $4.2 million rookie contract, appeared to be the favorite to win the job.<\/p>\n<p>But two consecutive shaky preseason starts has created doubt around Milton\u2019s future with the Cowboys. In Saturday\u2019s showdown at AT&amp;T Stadium against the Ravens,\u00a0Milton was thoroughly outplayed\u00a0by the former Cowboy he was brought in to replace.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAgain, the bad plays outweighed the good,\u201d wrote Jon Machota of\u00a0The Athletic. \u201cAnd with only one preseason game remaining, the Cowboys can\u2019t feel like Milton has done enough to have secured the No. 2 job behind Dak Prescott.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Milton Outplayed by Ex-Cowboys QB He Replaced<\/h2>\n<p>Rush got the start for Baltimore and completed 20 of 30 passes for 198 yards and a touchdown \u2014 though he did throw two interceptions\u00a0including a Pick 6 by Dallas cornerback\u00a0Andrew Booth \u2013 as he led the Ravens to a 31-13 victory in Week Two of the three-week NFL preseason.<\/p>\n<p>Milton, on the other hand, struggled to a nine-of-18 passing day for just 122 yards and an interception. He did not throw a touchdown pass \u2014 but he was sacked in the end zone for a safety early in the first quarter.<\/p>\n<p>Keyon Martin sacks Joe Milton for a safety\u00a0pic.twitter.com\/DHtKWBX8DN<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pick 6 Pack (@Pick6PackFB)\u00a0August 16, 2025<\/p>\n<div id=\"149b68130a843e078c9edc2d03c5fd1f\" class=\"embed_container\">\n<div class=\"lazy-embed lazy-embed--ssr embed-twitter-com lazy-embed--loaded\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Pick6PackFB\/status\/1956858697193336914\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>\u2018Bazooka Joe\u2019 Shows Off Cannon Arm, With Mixed Results<\/h2>\n<p>Known for his extreme athleticism, Milton was able to show off his rocket arm \u2014 but it didn\u2019t always end well. On one play, late in the second quarter and the ball on the Baltimore 41, Dallas coach Brian Schottenheimer turned Milton loose.<\/p>\n<p>The former Tennessee Volunteers QB effortlessly unleashed a toss from behind the 50 yard line all way to about five yards deep in the Ravens\u2019 end zone \u2014 straight into the arms of Baltimore undrafted rookie cornerback Reuben Lowery.<\/p>\n<p>After the game,\u00a0Schottenheimer spoke frankly\u00a0about Milton\u2019s outing, stopping short of giving the 6-foot-5, 246-pound QB a full endorsement \u2014 but not dismissing Milton\u2019s prospects to win the backup job either.<\/p>\n<h2>Head Coach Not \u2018Panicked\u2019 About Milton. Yet<\/h2>\n<p><em>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m concerned (about Milton),\u201d Schottenheimer told reporters. \u201cI think we came out with a little bit of a different mindset in terms of trying to run the ball, though they got him. They showed down and brought the blitz from the other side and just spooked him. He\u2019s got to try to throw the ball away. It wasn\u2019t just him. We\u2019ve got to be able to run the ball better. We\u2019ve got to take care of the ball.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Schottenheimer also shrugged off any comparisons between Milton and Rush.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCooper Rush has played in this league a long time. What he did tonight didn\u2019t surprise anyone in the first half,\u201d the first-year coach said,\u00a0as quoted by\u00a0CBS Sports. \u201cI\u2019ve seen him do that for the last three years. Joe Milton is in Year Two. So again, I\u2019m not panicked. It\u2019s not just them. It\u2019s us as coaches, it\u2019s the other players. It\u2019s all of it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An NFL team has to know things aren\u2019t going great when their starting quarterback receives a grade of \u201cD\u201d for his performance in his second preseason game&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Report!! 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